Dr Simon Noah Etkind is a member of the Cambridge Palliative and End of Life Care Research Group (PELiCam) at the University of Cambridge. His research addresses uncertainty in serious illness. In this blog he describes a rapid prioritisation approach at a workshop he organised, to develop and rank uncertainty research priorities. The workshop was […]
The experience of uncertainty in advanced multimorbidity
Similar uncertainties about illness, care, and the future are experienced by older people with multiple advanced chronic illnesses (multimorbidity) and by their carers and healthcare professionals, according to new research from the Primary Care Unit at the University of Cambridge. The research holds promise for supporting the holistic care of those with advanced multimorbidity. Uncertainty […]